Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo says athletics saved him from crime

The first African athlete to become an Olympic champion (200 meters) last summer in Paris, Botswana's Letsile Tebogo explained this Wednesday, April 2nd at a sporting event in his country, the importance of...

Botswanais had become the first African athlete to win the Olympic gold over the 200m.

Becoming a 200m Olympic champion last summer in Paris, Botswana's Letsile Tebogo told Wednesday, April 2, about the importance of athletics in his life.

Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo says athletics saved him from crime

The Botswana national reveals how he nearly pursued football, how athletics gave him purpose, and how he plans to inspire the next generation.

Gold Medalist Letsile Tebogo From Rural Botswana Speaks on Olympic Glory Journey

Letsile Tebogo rose from humble beginnings to become Botswana’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist in athletics. Raised by a single mother in the village of Kanye, his journey, shaped by the transformative power of sport, has not only altered his own destiny but also inspired a new generation of African athletes. Escaping Hardship Through Sport The 21-year-old sprinter, who won the men’s 200m gold at Paris 2024, admits that without athletics, his …

Paris. — The botsian Letsile Tebogo, an Olympic champion of 200 meters last year in Paris, spoke of the importance of athletics in his life. The athlete explained that “without sport he would probably be a criminal today.” With a time of 19 seconds and 46 hundredths in the Olympic final of August 8, 2024, Tebogo made history by becoming the first African athlete to achieve male Olympic gold in that test and in the first Olympic champion in Botsw…